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The Place for Culture Based Experiential Learning The mainstream education system has reduced home-based transmission of indigenous knowledge and instead promoted the process of assimilation of indigenous children into mainstream alien lifestyle. The experiential learning of cultural practices and skills are about practical learning by young people on culture through participation and training by elders. […]

In Sanggau District, West Kalimantan Province in Indonesia, more than 6,000 indigenous Iban Sebaruk people were involved in Institut Dayakologi’s project of strengthening their customary institution for an effective and credible customary law system. They began with an assessment of the Iban Sebaruk Customary Administration as the highest legal authority and the indigenous territories under

By Namaka Rawlins The Native Hawaiian group Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo returned home to Hawaiʻi in March of 2019 after spending over a week in Aotearoa-New Zealand. The trip focused on strengthening bonds of language and culture revitalization to be further shared with other Indigenous peoples. Hālau I Ka Leo Ola

Bees, like farmers all over the planet, are struggling with the onslaught of drought and extreme climatic changes. Additionally, deforestation, use of agricultural pesticides, pests, and diseases have contributed to an alarming decrease in the bee population that discourages beekeepers from pursuing this occupation. In Kenya, Africa, communities of the Borana, Gabra, Samburu, Ameru, and

The Deatnu River flows between Finland and Norway and into the Atlantic Ocean. Alongside it lies Veahčak, a small Saami village. Fishing for North Atlantic salmon in the Deatnu River is the core of Saami culture in the Deatnu Valley and it has provided a livelihood for local Saamis since time immemorial. Fish define their

The Nuba people in Sudan inhabit the Nuba Mountains which have been ravaged with war and political issues in recent times. Against this backdrop, the Delibaya Nuba Women Development Organization (DNWDO) initiated a project to ensure the retention of their language that would be passed on to future generations. Their main mode of learning is

Mt. Kinabalu is held sacred by the indigenous peoples of Sabah in Malaysia. They believe the mountain is where the souls of their departed rest before ascending to higher realms. The mountain was also the epicentre of an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 in June 2015. Aside from the physical damage, the earthquake caused

“I was part of the Chico Dams struggle from the 1970s to the 1980s. The mighty river would not be flowing freely today had we not opposed the project. The communities and farmlands would have been inundated without our fierce opposition. Today, the Chico River is still targeted for a series of hydropower projects. We

The Boran Waso peoples live in Northern Kenya. Traditional healing is one facet of their culture and medicinal plants abound in their pastoralist communities. To revitalize this tradition and sustain the environment from which they derive their healing resources, the Faiya Women’s Group embarked on a project that mapped the whereabouts of their healers and